Accidental injuries are 20 times more likely to claim the lives of children under the age of 10 than the novel coronavirus, a new study found. Researchers from Newcastle University in England analyzed the deaths of children in seven countries and found that children are also 10 times more likely to perish from the flu than they are from COVID-19.
According to the Daily Mail, children between the ages of 10 and 19 had a three-fold lower risk of death from COVID-10 than from injuries. Out of the study population of 137 million children, COVID-19 accounted for 78 deaths, the flu caused 178 fatalities and 1,755 children died from unintentional injury.
“Five months of data show that in these countries, children are at much greater risk of death from other elements of normal life,” the researchers reported, according to the Daily Mail.
According to CNN, a new study by the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Children’s Hospital Association found that there has been a whopping 90% increase in COVID-19 cases in U.S. children between July 9 and August 6. The study states that while it appears severe illness is rare among children, states should continue to monitor cases, hospitalization and mortality rates by age to provide documentation on COVID-19’s effect on children’s health.
The study reported that children represented 0%-0.3% of all COVID-19 deaths and 17 states reported no casualties among children due to COVID-19.
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